These Entitlements Are Scarce For Workers

Under Ontario law 1.6 million workers in the province aren't entitled to a job-protected unpaid sick day. Small businesses with less than 50 employees don't have to give workers any sick days at all –paid or unpaid – leaving more than a million workers who are often already trapped in low-wage jobs without any protection, according to a recent report by the Workers' Action Centre.

Under the province's Employment Standards Act workers are entitled to 10 emergency leave days a year, but that leave is unpaid and bosses can, if they want, legally demand their employees provide a doctor's letter. Doctors complain that this clogs up the clinics with cold-ridden patients who could have recovered at home 

John Ayers.